Speaking at one of a series of fundraisers in Florida, President Obama compared the 2012 presidential election to one from very early in his lifetime, the 1964 contest between Republican Barry Goldwater and Democratic incumbent Lyndon Baines Johnson. "This election will probably have the biggest contrast that we've seen maybe since the Johnson-Goldwater election, maybe before that," he said.

That one, of course, turned out well, for the Democratic Party, with Johnson winning all but five states in the Deep South and Goldwater's Arizona. He also polled 16 million votes more than the Republican senator.